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‘Kern River Blues’—Merle Haggard’s Final Song—says that the Politicians lied to the People of Kern County by allowing Los Angeles to steal Kern River Water for their own Greedy Needs—shame on them!

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Farewell, Merle Haggard, “Kern River
Blues” says it all

Bakersfield, CA, 05-17-2016
Tuesday: Those of us who live in Bakersfield, CA, had
to say goodbye and farewell to a good friend recently, Merle Haggard, the ‘bad
boy of Bakersfield.’ My husband and I
were fortunate to see Merle at the Fox Theater last year in downtown
Bakersfield and we could tell at the time that the old rover was not feeling
well. Still, he made major exertions to
return from the private show so he could do the one for we fans who could not
spring for the extra $100 apiece or whatever the cost was to attend the earlier
gig.

Like many around here, I grew up
listening to Merle because his songs were on the country-and-western radio
stations here such as the famous KUZZ as we did listening to Buck Owens, Red
Simpson, and many, many others. I heard
other musicians call Bakersfield “Nashville West” as far back as I could
recall, first hearing the Byrds play an instrumental by that name. The song was a great one and you can find it
on two of their albums, “Dr. Byrds and Mr. Hyde” and “Untitled.” I also believe it is on some of their live
concert albums released from the archives, what I am saying is that we are
“Nashville West.”

The final song by Merle, “Kern River
Blues,” is a sad lament on a slow-moving country beat, one in which it seems to
me at least that he knew his train was coming and that he would be having his
‘breakfast in the sky.’ We are so
fortunate that we had the opportunity to see Merle that it is something I will
always hold near and dear to my heart just as I do my kids and grandkids, I
will always hold love in my heart for the great country singer.

One of the things he mentions in
“Kern River Blues” is the idea that politicians and greedy landowners have made
devious deals to steal the water of our once magnificent river. People far up past the Kern Canyon with
property along the river have sold their water rights to that sinkhole, Los
Angeles, CA. L.A. is a dreadful city,
they raped the Owens Valley and another valley farther north whose name escapes
me, I think Mammoth or something else.

Anyhow, L.A. is a horrible city and
we have to find a way with which, to fight to get our water returned to us so
we can have a swift flowing, deep river once again, one that moves luxuriously
through our city and onward to the west.
We need it for local agriculture and livestock but the dirty scum on the
other side of the Ridge now use it for their own devious purposes while
attempting to send their biowaste over the mountain and dumping it here.

Still, one would think that Governor
Jerry Brown would set aside his bulls—t idea for his fancy, high-speed rail
system that the Hyper Loop will soon make into a fossil. Governor Brown has accomplished many things
such as stuffing the state full of illegal aliens whom we have to feed, clothe,
house, provide healthcare to, education, and some sustenance upon which, they
can live—just as long as they vote Democrat.

Bringing in millions of illegal
aliens and giving them all of the above benefits as well as driver’s licenses
at taxpayers’ cost, auto insurance, and a whole host of other freebies, well,
you can imagine how it breaks the state.
What we need are not illegals who can now own businesses with which, to
compete with American-run operations because just as the illegals took over
landscaping and yard care, they will take over every other industry and
occupation sometime in the near future, thanks to Governor Brown.

If I were Jerry Brown, I would want
people to remember that I LOVED the state.
I would want them to know that I worked hard to make their streets safe
by deporting illegal aliens in county jails or handing them over to ICE for immediate
deportation rather than allowing them to live without fear in sanctuary
cities. Wanting a governor who cares
about California citizens and NOT the damned illegal aliens would be the way
one would think any sane person would go but no, bringing in MORE and MORE
illegal aliens is his number one priority.

Instead of dumping the high speed rail system and
sending water south through canals, rivers, and storing it behind newly built
dams, he wants to build the train before he leaves office—I bet he has
investments in it at every level, which one would think is a conflict of
interests BUT NEVER FOR POLITICIANS! I
wish we could impeach Mr. Brown and send him back to his very own sanctuary
city.

In the end, we will miss Merle
Haggard and what he had to say and do for our very special community, one he
bid farewell forever in “Kern River Blues.”
He might have been liberal in his viewpoints as many of us are but he
also loved the county where he made his life.

What is more he blamed the loss of
our fabulous Kern River on ‘another politician’s lies,’ which is too damned
true and why we need to find a way to retain and regain our water. Otherwise,
all of the fruits, vegetables, cotton, honey, nuts, meat, poultry, and numerous
other things will disappear and a subpar equivalent will flow north across the
Mexican frontier. Do we want to live
like this? Hell no, we want our water
back and we want to kick the damned Democrats out of office.

Friends, that is going to do it for
today, I hope you enjoyed the post and hey, if you have not yet given your ears
an opportunity to hear “Kern River Blues” by Merle Haggard, well this is your
chance, seek it out online, pick it up, download it, listen to it, and play it
for everyone you know. We should not
lose our water to the Sodom of the south or the Gomorrah of the north—San
Francisco. We want our water back and we
want it NOW!

This is me back in 1977 when I was working at the
Hilton Inn in Bakersfield, CA, on Rosedale Highway. In the 1980’s, it was the Red Lion Inn but
back then, I was the night sous chef and ran the cook's line at the age of 24. I’ve had the privilege of working in Texas,
Arizona, and elsewhere in California but have always returned home to
Bakersfield. Currently, I am at one of
the five country clubs.

05-17-2016 T Political Topics and
Essays, Part DCCXLIII: “‘Kern River Blues’—Merle
Haggard’s Final Song—says that the Politicians lied to the People of Kern
County by allowing Los Angeles to steal Kern River Water for their own Greedy
Needs—shame on them!” by Chef Goldie McNamara.

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McNamara, Goldie. ““‘Kern River Blues’—Merle Haggard’s Final Song—says that
the Politicians lied to the People of Kern County by allowing Los Angeles to
steal Kern River Water for their own Greedy Needs—shame on them!”

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first time.

U.1884: Alaska becomes a U.S. territory.

V.1897: The U.S. launches the first successful submarine that could run
submerged for any considerable distance and combines gasoline and electric
engines. The creator is designer, John
Philip Holland.

W.1912: The Socialist Party of America nominated
Eugene V. Debs
for president at its convention in Indianapolis, Indiana.

X.1915: Chicago Cubs pitcher George “Zip” Zabel relieves with two outs in the
first inning and winds up with a 4-3-19-inning win over Brooklyn in the longest
relief ever before in Major League Baseball.

Y.1933: U.S.
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Z.1938: The U.S. Congress approves the Vinson Naval Act, which funds a
two-ocean navy.

AA.1939: Britain’sKing
George V and his wife, Queen Elizabeth,
arrived in Quebec on the first visit to Canada by a reigning monarch.

CC.1942: The newly formed Dutch SS Division swears its loyalty to Fuhrer
Adolf Hitler. Meanwhile, in New York City, the famed blues singer, Taj Mahal, is born.

DD.1946: President Harry S. Truman seized
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strike by engineers and trainmen.

EE.1948: The Soviet
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and Genesis—is born.

FF.1954: The Supreme Courtof the United States (SCOTUS), in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, unanimously
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GG.1956: Boxer Sugar Ray Leonard was born on this
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HH.1961: Cuban
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bulldozers; however, he eventually freed the prisoners in exchange for medical
supplies.

II.1967: The Butler Act, a Tennessee statute prohibiting the teaching of
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KK.1973: A special committee convened by the U.S. Senate began
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NN.1983: In the NHL Stanley Cup Finals, the New York Islanders
sweep the Edmonton Oilers in four
games.

OO.1987: The USS Stark is hit by Iraqi missiles while in the Persian Gulf during the Iran-Iraq War; 37 sailors
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in compensation.

PP.2011: The final episode of the Oprah Winfrey Show
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QQ.2012: U.S. Ambassador to Israel, David B. Shapiro
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RR.2013: NASA records the brightest lunar impact ever seen.

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“‘Kern River Blues’—Merle
Haggard’s Final Song—says that the Politicians lied to the People of Kern
County by allowing Los Angeles to steal Kern River Water for their own Greedy
Needs—shame on them!” by Chef Goldie McNamara